# I used to love this? What was I THINKING? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 26, 2011, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-love-this-what-was-i-thinking/572715 "2011-02-26T17:52:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Rushgeekgirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rushgeekgirl/32/3715_2.png) [@Rushgeekgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rushgeekgirl)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-love-this-what-was-i-thinking/572715/61 "2011-02-27T07:13:09Z")
> [@MsWhatsit](#): > > God, this is almost embarrassing to admit, but I used to really, really love Piers Anthony. I read all of the Incarnations of Immortality series and most of Xanth. I remember genuinely enjoying these books. I look back now and think, seriously, WTF? He is one of the worst fantasy authors to ever get published. It’s just dreck! What the hell was I thinking? > > I’ve also moved on past some of the Robert Heinlein stuff I used to really love, but I don’t have the same “WTF?” feelings about it. I just don’t care for it as much anymore. Hee I loved him too! In my defense his Incarnations of Immortality was my first step into the world of sci-fi fantasy. They still hold a special place on my bookshelf and when my daughter was a teen she enjoyed them too. But you really can’t go back. I’ve tried re-reading and it’s just awful now. ---
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 10:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-love-this-what-was-i-thinking/572715/62 "2011-02-27T10:49:39Z")
Mateus Rosé - indeed rosé of any origin Libertainianism Billy Joel Slade Ted Nugent (thanks for the reminder, **Shoeless**!) ---
**Author:** ![enomaj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/59ef9b/32.png) [@enomaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enomaj)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-love-this-what-was-i-thinking/572715/63 "2011-02-27T12:20:20Z")
What?! The complete Buck Rogers in the 25th Century is on Netflix Instant Watch?! I used to love that show!! _Watches pilot part 1_ Damn the special effects, storyline and acting suck but other than that it’s just how I remembered. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-love-this-what-was-i-thinking/572715/64 "2011-02-27T14:38:25Z")
A paradox– _The Munsters_? Unwatchable _The Addams Family_? I still love it. Go figure. ---
**Author:** ![singular1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-love-this-what-was-i-thinking/572715/65 "2011-02-27T15:37:30Z")
> [@Heyoka13](#): > > I chew ice cubes now. I have been told this condition is called ‘pica’. Do NOT do this at work. Your coworkers will hate you and bitch about you in Pit threads. And laugh very _very_ long and hard and gloat for _days_ when you have to get two broken teeth pulled next week.:D:p:D ---
**Author:** ![MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MPB_in_Salt_Lake)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-love-this-what-was-i-thinking/572715/66 "2011-02-27T18:15:27Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > I’ve had lesbian friends who thought Jo was an early icon for them and felt a bit betrayed when she fell in love with a guy on the show. I know the character Jo was a tough tomboy, and could have been viewed as a lesbian on the show, but do you know if the actress Nancy McKeon is actually gay in her personal life? I don’t remember ever seeing her act in anything since Facts Of Life went off the air… ---
**Author:** ![Lamia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Lamia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamia)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-love-this-what-was-i-thinking/572715/67 "2011-02-27T19:16:16Z")
> [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](#): > > I know the character Jo was a tough tomboy, and could have been viewed as a lesbian on the show, but do you know if the actress Nancy McKeon is actually gay in her personal life? Her [Wikipedia article](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_McKeon) says she’s married (to a man) and has two kids, so apparently not. > [@](#): > > I don’t remember ever seeing her act in anything since Facts Of Life went off the air… I remember seeing her in a short-lived mid-90s sitcom, which going from the Wikipedia article must have been _Can’t Hurry Love_. She looks to have been [working fairly steadily](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001529/#Actress) since the Facts of Life days, but not in much that I’ve seen or even heard of. Looks like her biggest recent role was in the Lifetime series _The Division_. ---
**Author:** ![MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MPB_in_Salt_Lake)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-love-this-what-was-i-thinking/572715/68 "2011-02-27T19:28:28Z")
> [@Lamia](#): > > Her [Wikipedia article](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_McKeon) says she’s married (to a man) and has two kids, so apparently not. > I remember seeing her in a short-lived mid-90s sitcom, which going from the Wikipedia article must have been _Can’t Hurry Love_. She looks to have been [working fairly steadily](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001529/#Actress) since the Facts of Life days, but not in much that I’ve seen or even heard of. Looks like her biggest recent role was in the Lifetime series _The Division_. Thanks—She still looks great (at least going by the two small pictures on your link) and it’s nice that she is still a working actress… She was always the best looking one on The Facts Of Life to me. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-love-this-what-was-i-thinking/572715/69 "2011-02-27T19:33:56Z")
> [@Askance](#): > > Billy Joel I’ll respectfully disagree on this one. A lot of his stuff is still worth listening to today. Not _Uptown Girl_, maybe. But I’ve always thought his best songs were the ones that were not radio releases. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-love-this-what-was-i-thinking/572715/70 "2011-02-27T20:07:19Z")
> [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](#): > > Thanks—She still looks great (at least going by the two small pictures on your link) and it’s nice that she is still a working actress… > > She was always the best looking one on The Facts Of Life to me. I agree… I must be about your age(38?) because I had the same thoughts about Lisa Whelchel & Nancy McKeon when that show was on. I remember watching Silver Spoons and thinking it was entertaining. Wow, I was wrong. I used to be really excited about each week’s Star Trek- The Next Generation. Now it’s sometimes hard to watch, although a big part of that is the Star Trek-ishness of the show- what seems to be soft focus, the relentless do-gooding, the lack of anything resembling a story arc except for a very few episodes, and the general lack of subtlety by the writers. The acting wasn’t exactly awful, and the visuals were decent for the time though. ---
**Author:** ![MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MPB_in_Salt_Lake)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-love-this-what-was-i-thinking/572715/71 "2011-02-27T20:22:40Z")
> [@bump](#): > > I agree… I must be about your age(38?) because I had the same thoughts about Lisa Whelchel & Nancy McKeon when that show was on. > > I remember watching Silver Spoons and thinking it was entertaining. Wow, I was wrong. I just turned 40… Speaking of Silver Spoons, do you remember hot crazy-hott Erin Gray was? Absolutely Stunning!!! ---
**Author:** ![kushiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@kushiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kushiel)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-love-this-what-was-i-thinking/572715/72 "2011-02-27T20:47:46Z")
> [@Kyla](#): > > I also read Piers Anthony as a kid. > > My taste in music when I was in junior high or so was pretty questionable. Mariah Carey, Ace of Base? Oh, the early 90s. brb pegging my pants. I was thinking of putting Ace of Base on my list, but they aren’t nearly as bad as some of the other stuff I used to listen to. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-love-this-what-was-i-thinking/572715/73 "2011-02-27T20:53:11Z")
> [@MPB\_in\_Salt\_Lake](#): > > I know the character Jo was a tough tomboy, and could have been viewed as a lesbian on the show, but do you know if the actress Nancy McKeon is actually gay in her personal life? > > I don’t remember ever seeing her act in anything since Facts Of Life went off the air… You don’t remember her dating Michael J. Fox? And Lisa Whelchel became a heavy-duty Christian. There are a lot of _foods_ that I used to love or hate when I was a kid and have completely changed my mind about, although that might not be what the OP is talking about. I used to love Philadelphia Cream Cheese; now I can’t stand cream cheese. I could have eaten an Oscar Mayer bologna sammich (white bread, mayonnaise) every day if you’d let me. Now? Eurgh! I’ve been thinking of renting Lynda Carter’s _Wonder Woman_, but I’m afraid they’d turn out to be _REALLY_ dated and embarrassing, and I’d rather hang on to the good feelings I have of that show. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-love-this-what-was-i-thinking/572715/74 "2011-02-27T20:57:02Z")
Anyone else here ever laugh at Dave Coulier when you were a kid? I wonder how his show Out of Control would look now. [Hmmm…not funny, as I guessed.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2V67AOKKgzk) ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-love-this-what-was-i-thinking/572715/75 "2011-02-27T20:59:10Z")
> [@a35362](#): > > And Lisa Whelchel became a heavy-duty Christian. Yeah, she really is. She even came to my church to speak to the women about 7-8 years ago. Had no idea she approved of “hotsaucing” at the time, either. What a weird idea, at least to me. It’s where they put a bit of hot sauce on a kids tongue for punishment. Never heard of it, myself. ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-love-this-what-was-i-thinking/572715/76 "2011-02-27T21:28:34Z")
> [@SciFiSam](#): > > Adventures in Babysitting. I watched it rcently wth my daughter and her friend and, while it had its moments, it was ‘the funniest film the world ever!’ that I rewatched a lot as an early teen. But the blues club scene remains an absolute classic. Albert Collins: Nobody gets out of this place without singing the blues. Elisabeth Shue: What? Albert Collins: Nobody leaves this place without singing the blues! Elisabeth Shue: You want me to sing? [It is _still_ funny.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0rY3dn5kos) > [@Palo\_Verde](#): > > I was totally in love with Shawn Cassidy. I still own his “screw you label” album Wasp. I was selling t-shirts at concerts back then, and the noise in Kansas City’s Municipal Auditorium, packed full of pre-teen girls when he came out on stage, was the loudest single sound I have ever heard in my life. And I include Ted Nugent at Arrowhead. My pre-teen records of shame were the **Irish Rovers** and **Jerry Reed**. ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-love-this-what-was-i-thinking/572715/77 "2011-02-27T21:29:52Z")
> [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](#): > > A paradox– > _The Munsters_? Unwatchable > _The Addams Family_? I still love it. > > Go figure. No paradox at all. The Addams Family is and always has been the superior show, with a loving and supportive nuclear family standing together against the unfeeling and uncomprehending outside world. The Munsters is a thinly disguised ethnic comedy of a family trying and failing to “pass” as middle-class Protestants. It is badly dated and not funny in today’s world which accepts and expects ethnic and religious differences in homes. ---
**Author:** ![Arkcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Arkcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arkcon)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-love-this-what-was-i-thinking/572715/78 "2011-02-27T21:43:10Z")
Back in the day, I’d come home from work, and cook my dinner to reruns of “The Nanny”, then eat it to first run episodes of “Star Trek: Voyager” it seemed the ideal way to pass an evening and to get ready for the next day. I can’t stand those shows these days, and I don’t get how I could enjoy spending an evening watching TV. It was my first apartment, and it just seemed like a simpler time. ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-love-this-what-was-i-thinking/572715/79 "2011-02-27T23:13:02Z")
_Laugh-In_. I can’t believe how I used to love that show as a wee little shaver. Everyone did, but it did not hold up well at all ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2011, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-love-this-what-was-i-thinking/572715/80 "2011-02-27T23:23:16Z")
I used to like Black Sabbath. They say pot doesn’t harm you. Hell it doesn’t! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-love-this-what-was-i-thinking/572715.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-love-this-what-was-i-thinking/572715.md?page=5)